Incubation, or, the cure of disease in pagan temples and Christian churches / by Mary Hamilton.

  • Hamilton, Mary
Date:
1906
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    thought that the god cured him of his headaches and, making him stand up, taught him wresthng. When day came, he departed cured, and after a short time, he competed at the Nemean games, and was victor in wrestling. 30. Gorgias of Herakleion and suppuration. He had received an arrow-wound in the lung during battle, and for a year and a half discharged so great a quan- tity of matter as to fill sixty-seven dishes. In sleep he saw a vision. He thought the god extracted the arrow-point from his lung. When day came he de- parted, holding the point of the arrow in his hand. 31. Andromache of Epeiros, for the sake of offspring. In her sleep she had a dream. It appeared to her that the god lifted up her dress and touched her belly. So she bore a son to Arybbas. 32. Cure of the eyes. A man became blind of both eyes through a spear-wound which he had received in battle, and retained the spear-point in his face for a year. In sleep he saw a vision. He thought that the god pushed out the spear-point towards his eyelids, and then closed up again the pupils of his eyes. When day came, he departed healed. [The following cases, from 33 to 38, are not pre- served in entirety on the stone, hut are for the most part erased.'] 33. Thersandros of Halika, a consumptive. He saw a vision in his sleep 34 It seemed good to the city to consult the oracle at Delphi .... The god gave the oracle .... the sacred precincts of Asklepios . . . . founded a sanctuary of Asklepios . . . fulfilled the usual rites.